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DBMS > PostGIS vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison PostGIS vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. XTDB

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NamePostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of PostgreSQLScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitepostgis.netterminusdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlingithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#www.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperDataChemist Ltd.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release2005201820092019
Current release3.4.2, February 202411.0.0, January 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCProlog, RustJavaClojure
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)nolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
TinkerPop 3HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript
Python
Groovy
Java
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLGraph Partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on PostgreSQLJournaling Streamsnoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoin-memory journalingoptionalyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on PostgreSQLRole-based access controlno

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